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Good Afternoon. Croeso - Welcome to our coverage of the clash today in Rustville aka Sheffield, between the local team and our own beloved Cardiff Devils

Our texter Devils fan and former Welsh domicile Maria is in place.

awaiting line up news of Devils. IF Devils win and Braehead do us a favour and defeat Manchester then the League title is ours. Manchester are facing off an hour later than our game.

There are 5 other games going on tonight but we will be focusing on bringing you updates on the Manchester game once it starts, and other scores during the period breaks.

Tonights refs should be Stefan Hogarth and Tom Darnell with Ilia Kisil and Danny Beresford as the Linos

Dai Rees predicts a 5-3 Devils win, where as Susan Alford goes for a 4-2 Devils win.

Anthem time

Murdy inbetween the pipes again tonight after his 15 save shut out last night.

Devils in predominatly white shirts and Red shorts, Steelers all in Tango orange

Crowder Morrisette and Faryna start

we are underway

Puck out of play

neutral zone face off

Big hit by dowd no call by Darnell unspurprisingly

early handbags with Reddick and Dowd

Dowd get 2+2 minutes for roughing @57 seconds

Reddick gets 2 mins for roughing

Face off in the Steelers zone

Another steelers player serving one of Dowds pens.

Devils on PP

neutral ice face off

Devils unablle to set up on PP

Mustokovs aka Moose in goal for Steelers

Steelers clear and kill the pen

Steelers FS

Moose saves from Strachan

Steelrs clear rebound

bowns not playing.

Devils back up netminder same as last night

handbags again Roy and Reddick

PP steeers now.

Roy and Reddick get 2 minutes for roughing

as does Tyson Strachan all timed at 4:44

game is very scrappy no real chances yet on PP for Steelers

Murdy saves with his chest pad

Hotham working hard trying to create something

Steelers score 2 on 1 Colton Fretter

only Richardson back on that as Hotham was up ice

goal at 7:56

Batch fires a shot wide of Moose's goal

Steelers pressing now

Strachan and Fitzy exchanging verbals

Fitzy sits for 2 + 10 for check to head

@9:11

Martin Pings the post

benti waited for moose to commit but no devils in support

Westerling misses a great chance

Face off in the Steelers zone

Steelers clear all the way to Murdy

Moose saves from crowder

Steelers pen

5 on 3 pp

moose covers on Devils chance

ronnberg 2 minutes for roughing at 11:56

neutral zone face off.

Devils now 5 on 4

Moose saves from Hotham

Fitzy now sitting his 10 mins miscon

Devils seem to have woken up Murdy with a glove save from Dowd

Face off in the Devils zone

Fournier with a chance but closed down quicklly

Fournier sits a pen 2 minutes for goalie interferance at 14:57

a real tussle going on by the boards

Murdy saves a backhander

that was after Moose saved from Benti and the Steelers broke away lightening fast

Steelers going close

Murdy playing a blinder

Devils chasing shadows at times

Steelers D standing strong under pressure from Devils

its end to end but plenty of turnovers.

buzzer goes to end period. wow that went quick

robert dowd sat for 6 mins with two separate roughing pens

latest scores in the early games: Belfast 2 Panthers 1; Coventry 1 Guildford 1; Dundee 0 MKL 2

Games facing off later: Fife @ Edinburgh; Manchester @ Braehead

SOGs are a little surprising: Steelers 7 Devils 19 Really??? perhaps that should be 9

Guest texter simon says: Devils with more pressure and have hit the pipes. Squeelers goal against run of play. Typical Thommo tactics, sly play off the puck going on after the puck has gone

Maria says both teams had good periods of play and feel it might not be our nght. Looked early on as officials losing control.

Belfast 3-1 up over Panthers

Out come the Steelers onto the ice.

Coventry 2 Guildford 2

Dundee 1 MKL 2

Devils emerge onto the ice from the visitors entrance behind the goal at the stage end.

Steelers and Cardiff meet on wednesday at the IAW this week so be sure to join OJ for our coverage of that one

we are underway in 2nd

nothing of note yet to happen

Haddad fires one at Moose who pads it away

Murdy covers Face off in the Devilsm zone

Devils hit the post again!!!!

Devils unable to really set up in Steelers D

Crowder makes it easy for Moose to make a glove save

Rebound chance goes begging for Devils

Steeler scores through a one timer from Fransilla

@ 25:39

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #1

scored by Tyson Strachan.

FIGHT

Marquadt and Strachan

Strachan thrown out of the game

assists to Batch and Martin @26:59

Strachan got 5 for fighting plus a Match pen for checking to the head

MArquadt just got a 5 min major for Fighting.

Steelers score a 3rd

Colton Fretter again with one that seemed to go in off Murdy

4th Steelers goal scored by kirk at 28:51

Nightmare period

Damage limitation now for Devils

Murdy being really tested here

Steelers shooting at will

Steelers still on powerplay

Devils forced back to their D zone

Arnesen with a howitzer gets cleared before it gets to Murdy

Devils FS

Benti 1 on 1 with moose but moose saves

gametime 33:00

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL #2

scored by Joey Martin

thats more like it

assists from Fournier and Pope at 33:51

Devils with another scoring chance, denied by Moose

Ronnberg gets 2 minutes for cross-checking 35:17

Manchester 1-0 up in Braehead

Devils on PP

Fitxy clears puck on D

Moose saves from Hotham

Steelers FS

gametime 38:20

Devils turnover but steelers shot goes wide

buzzer goes to end 2nd period with Devils on attack

Devils need to re group and get back to their game plan.

Simon says its a very good game, High intensity from both teams 5 min major pen was the Difference.

SOGs Steelers 13 Devils 18 which makes it 20:37 overall

Maria says: Not a good period for the Devils. We are slow to react and look a bit lost at times. Personally I think Murdy is doing well.

Latest scores: Belfast 5 Panthers 3; Dundee 6 MKL 3; Coventry 2 Guildford 2; Edinburgh 1 Fife 3; Braehead 1 Manchester 1

teams making their way back to ice

slight delay to start of 3rd

we are underway in 3rd

Belfast 6 Nottingham 4

Devils under pressure., Haddad working hard to clear puck

Steelers under pressure I meant

Devils turnover puck again!!

Belfast win 6-4

Face off in the Steelers zone

Moose saves a Devils shot

Steelers break away

snuffed out by Devils D

Moose saves from Haddad

Face off in the Steelers zone

Hotham tripped. Steelers pen Fitzy 2 minutes for slashing @43:05

Devils denied by Moose again.

shot from Pope there

Devils keeping pressure on during PP

Steelers Fs

Handbags after Mosse gets flattened

neutral zone face off

Steelers break shot goes wide

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils denied again by Moose

Dundee 7 MKL 4

Murdy covers

Face off in the Devils zone

Devils clear

Moose covers and a wrist shot

Face off in the Steelers zone

Ulmer denied by a Moose standing on his head

Devils trying hard but cant get past Moose

offside called against Devils

Steelers pen Marquadt 2 minutes for interference @ 48:07

Devils pen Hotham 2 minutes for tripping @ 48:24

Murdy saves

Puck cleared

Moose glove save

Face off in the Steelers zone

Devils dominating this period

but Moose is a one man Sheffield defence

Marquadt on the fly fluffs a chance against Murdy

5 on 5 hockey now as Hotham's penalty expires

icing pen

Face off in the Steelers zone

Steelers pen Fitzy 2 minutes for hooking @ 51:45

Devils trying to walk the puck past Moose,

1:30 left on PP for Devils

game time 52:15

Devils attack breaks down

Fitzy thrown out for abuse of official

actually its 2 + 10 for unsportsmanlike conduct

50 seconds of 5 on 3

confusion abounds.

clarified as just a 10 min misconduct against Fitzgerald.

@52:55

Face off in the Steelers zone

5 on 4 for Devils for 2 mins 50 seconds

Moose saves

then saucer pass over top collected by Murdy

Devils still working to create something

Steelers clear

Devils pen 2 minutes for high sticks for Faryna

game time 55:31

Devils on PK now

Faryna pen at 55:24

Myers clears puck

Fretter with a chance that goes wide

Devils FS

Murdy saves from Wallace

Face off in the Devils zone

last two minutes of game

Murdy heads to bench

Kirk fires one over the empty net

Steelers pen

time out called by Devils

David Phillips sits out 2 for slashing @ 58:26

Face off in the Steelers zone

Puck out of play of ROY

neutral zone

Hotham hits post for a third time

Jono Phillips finishes it with a ENG

on a delayed penalty

Murdy back in net

Game over steelers win BOOOOOOOOOOO!

good third period but Devils PP 0/9 for game

Dundee 8 MKL 4

Devils MOM is Joey Martin

Maria says our night summed up by hitting the post 3 times. Not our best I didnt think but not our night also

Steelers MOM is Colton Fretter

Simon says much the same. Good effort but we missed Strachan on D.

other Latest scores: Coventry 3 Guildford 2; Edinburgh 2 Fife 6; Braehead 1 Manchester 1

Thanks to our texters Simon and Maria tonight. Dont forget to join OJ on wednesday for MNL coverage as the Steelers come to the IAW.

Goodnight all. Nos Da Pawb.